This 'ere Cloud thingy

[Platypus]

Boning up like crazy here, I've got to be an expert by Thursday

[minestrone]

Is there anything to really know?

[Mich the Tester]

Boning up like crazy here, I've got to be an expert by Thursday

Make sure you tell everyone it's a 'paradigm shift'.

[NickFitz]

Make sure you tell everyone it's a 'paradigm shift'.

+1. Don't, under any circumstances, point out that client-server architecture has been around since long before most of the ClientCo team was born. Nor should you mention the additional latency introduced by putting the server in a server farm half the world away, rather than in the basement.

[MyUserName]

Also, casually mention the various different types of X as a service and make it sound like it is complicated.

[Mich the Tester]

And send a bloody big invoice for all this tulipe.

[Mich the Tester]

One more thing; tell them it supports BYOD!

[original PM]

+1. Don't, under any circumstances, point out that client-server architecture has been around since long before most of the ClientCo team was born. Nor should you mention the additional latency introduced by putting the server in a server farm half the world away, rather than in the basement.

Thank god you said that - I am having such a struggle to try to explain to people that 'The Cloud' is not using anything new but merely a rebranding of quite old technologies which have been made more workable with the advent of increased network speeds and availability of more wireless connectivity.

[scooterscot]

And the NSA, GCHQ shall have super admin user rights.

[AtW]

One more thing; tell them it supports BSOD!

FTFY